Kitchener—Conestoga (formerly known as Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich ) is a federal electoral district in Ontario , Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 114,405.
Geography [ edit ]
The district includes the townships of Woolwich , Wellesley and Wilmot , and the southwestern part of the City of Kitchener , i.e., the part of the City of Kitchener lying west of Fischer-Hallman Road.
The electoral district was created in 2003 from Waterloo—Wellington , part of Kitchener Centre , and part of Cambridge . It was known as "Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich" from 2004 to 2005.
This riding lost almost half of its territory to Kitchener South—Hespeler but gained territory from Kitchener Centre , Kitchener—Waterloo and a fraction from Wellington—Halton Hills during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Election results [ edit ]
Graph of election results in Kitchener—Conestoga (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures
Conservative
Harold Albrecht
20,649
43.29
-11.12
$126,202.90
Liberal
Tim Louis
20,398
42.76
+19.29
$65,863.92
New Democratic
James Villeneuve
4,653
9.75
-8.50
$13,161.73
Green
Bob Jonkman
1,314
2.75
-0.89
$1,743.36
Libertarian
Richard Hodgson
685
1.44
–
–
Total valid votes/Expense limit
47,699
100.00
$202,562.28
Total rejected ballots
227
0.47
–
Turnout
47,926
69.84
–
Eligible voters
68,623
Conservative hold
Swing
-15.21
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures
Conservative
Harold Albrecht
28,902
54.12
+4.80
$87,677.43
New Democratic
Lorne Bruce
11,665
21.84
+6.81
$9,277.86
Liberal
Robert Rosehart
10,653
19.95
-4.94
–
Green
Albert Ashley
2,184
4.09
-6.65
–
Conservative hold
Swing
+5.80
Total valid votes/Expense limit
53,404
100.00
$92,867.94
Total rejected ballots
171
0.32
0.00
Turnout
53,575
61.10
+4.58
Eligible voters
87,689
–
–
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures
Conservative
Harold Albrecht
23,525
49.32
+8.10
$84,798
Liberal
Orlando Da Silva
11,876
24.89
-13.59
$75,077
New Democratic
Rod McNeil
7,173
15.03
+0.15
$6,494
Green
Jamie Kropf
5,124
10.74
+5.33
$33,066
Conservative hold
Swing
+10.85
Total valid votes/Expense limit
47,698
100.00
$88,113
Total rejected ballots
153
0.32
Turnout
47,851
56.52
Conservative hold
Swing
+10.85
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